Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Styled in hard-wearing canadium , it has a built-in meter so that you can know at a glance if you 're applying enough pressure . |
| 2 | They were both still laughing at the memory when the off sales bell rang . |
| 3 | If , on the other hand , there are readers who are more interested in laughing at the past than in understanding it ; if they find disease and human suffering good for a giggle as well ; if they think that a sort of free association of ideas is a good substitute for historical explanation ; and if they are unperturbed by gross defects of style and grammar , then they will enjoy Andrew Nikiforuk 's The Fourth Horseman : A Short History of Epidemics , Plagues and Other Scourges . |
| 4 | It was tedious , but no longer alarming , and as she contrived most mornings to slip down to the shore for gulps of sea air , though she was careful now never to go beyond the rocks around the headland , she did not chafe at the confinement as once she had . |
| 5 | Figure 5 b shows how the system of Fig. 5 a would appear to an observer located at the Sun if the line-of-sight makes an angle of 16° with the major axis of the bar : this is the configuration that gives the best agreement with the data . |
| 6 | Some may baulk at the name though : Converse Rear Entry . |
| 7 | The issues of weapons shipments , attempts to achieve a ceasefire in El Salvador , and the stalled demobilisation of the contras were expected to dominate the two-day summit , which Mr Arias described at the weekend as critical to the future of the peace process . |
| 8 | The issues of weapons shipments , attempts to achieve a ceasefire in El Salvador , and the stalled demobilisation of the contras were expected to dominate the two-day summit , which Mr Arias described at the weekend as critical to the future of the peace process . |
| 9 | In a clear reference to past failures by an Association which has , in years gone by , been unwilling to respond positively either to anything which is not of its own making , or anybody who is not on its payroll , Pickard went on to state , ‘ If we do not respond , for whatever reasons , keep knocking at the door until someone answers . ’ |
| 10 | He winced at the memory as he hammered on the steel and then looked through the spy port . |
| 11 | It is , indeed , a great deal easier to point out the irrelevance of much of what is happening at the moment than to have confidence in any particular alternative . |
| 12 | Julie snatched at the knife as the man disappeared back into the blackness outside . |
| 13 | Writing about this film thirty years later John Clellan Holmes recalled how as an adolescent he had been initiated into manhood by the momentary revelation of ‘ the soft , white trembling curve of Jean Harlow 's breast ’ , but even at the time Welford Beaton argued that it had succeeded at the box-office because more than any other picture we have had , it demonstrates that the true mission of the screen is to supply visual entertainment' . |
| 14 | More importantly , any disclosures made in relation to this warranty will highlight fairly accurately whether the Business has been trading at a loss since the Balance Sheet Date — which if true might seriously affect the Purchaser 's willingness to buy the Business . |
| 15 | Though I do believe Alfieri is still important for the role he plays which I mentioned at the beginning as it is clever of Miller to incorporate the ‘ narrator ’ into the play in this way although it is not an original idea as Shakespeare used it with his characters ' soliloquies . |
| 16 | Charles stopped at the door as the others filed out . |
| 17 | She stopped at the corner as the two scientists approached the doors . |
| 18 | These Acts apply to prevent dealers from agreeing to abstain from bidding at a sale unless there was a genuine prior agreement to purchase on joint account , and a copy of this agreement lodged with the auctioneer . |
| 19 | They were caught at the sett after a member of the public spotted them on farmland , said Simon Caterall , prosecuting . |
| 20 | Cranston stood up and linked his arm through Athelstan 's as they went out to stand at the door whilst the ostler saddled their horses . |
| 21 | And to stand at the ford as long as humanly possible , denying the Northumbrians the crossing until they were forced to give way . |
| 22 | So that 's that 's the way to use that is not to talk to it but to have a silence while you 're writing er and then to stand at the side while you making the points that are that are associated with what you 've written up . |
| 23 | This is bright red and is extruded and flickered at the enemy when the caterpillar is disturbed . |
| 24 | So , even if the car is parked at an angle where the mercury switch is continuously closed , the timer will be allowed to operate providing the vehicle remains stationary . |
| 25 | On their way to the Lion d'Or , where they were to meet Jack , Iris and Melissa passed old women knitting and gossiping in doorways or leaning out of windows , young women sauntering along with babies in perambulators , and leather-clad youths astride shiny motorbikes parked at the kerbside while they chatted up their mini-skirted girls . |
| 26 | But , you see Bob told me about it , he said , well he , you know booked at the Claremont because he 'd had problems getting prices out of the others . |
| 27 | However , in the circumstances of this case , the proper interpretation was that the sustaining of the injuries occurred at the point when they were inflicted . |
| 28 | Well to work at the weekend as well |
| 29 | The meeting urged cadres to work at the frontline as " vanguard models " to demonstrate the " strong leadership provided by the superior socialist system " in triumphing over natural disasters . |
| 30 | It is a good idea to know at the outset whether the members of the critical mass will be willing and able to respond appropriately to the change ; then , if it is determined that certain members are unwilling or unable , that situation can be planned for and dealt with . |